French patamar Entreprenant (1807)

History
France
NameEntreprenant
Namesake"Entreprising"
BuilderGrisard, Port-Napoléon (Port-Louis), Île de France
Laid downSeptember 1807
LaunchedOctober 1807
Captured1808
FateUnknown
Acquired1808 by exchange
FateCaptured 1808
General characteristics
Length
  • Overall:21.44 m (70.3 ft)
  • Keel:14.6 m (48 ft)
Beam4.87 m (16.0 ft) (overall)
Complement40
Armament1 × 12-pounder long gun or 1 × 8-pounder long gun, or 1 × 12-pounder carronade on a pivot mount at the bow
ArmourTimber

Entreprenant was the first of a sequence of three vessels of the French Navy in 1807-1810 under the same name and with the same captain. She was a patamar launched in 1807 at Île de France (now Mauritius). She cruised in Indian waters against British shipping. Her captain in 1808 turned her over to her prisoners from a capture. After he left, one set of prisoners captured her from another and she then disappears from further records.